Category Archives: YALit 2.0
Guest Review: Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Title: Story of a Girl Author: Sara Zarr Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: January 10, 2007 Reviewer: Kevin English Summary (From Goodreads): When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother’s best friend—Deanna Lambert’s … Continue reading
Guest Review: Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Title: Inexcusable Author: Chris Lynch Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster Release Date: May 8, 2007 Source: checked out from public library Reviewer: Gregory Taylor Summary (from Goodreads): Keir Sarafian knows many things about himself. He … Continue reading
Gender Relations: Teaching Resources
Sarah and I spent some time brainstorming a list of articles and media to share with you relating to the theme of gender relations. It’s a pretty varied list because we have been pondering this topic (and talking about it) … Continue reading
Gender Relations: Supplemental Texts
Our first theme for YA Lit 101 version 2.0 is gender relations. Our first shared text is This One Summer and hopefully you’re either currently reading it or planning on reading it in time for our group discussion because we … Continue reading
Book Review: Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
Title: Jumping Off Swings Author: Jo Knowles Publisher: Candlewick Press Release Date: August 11, 2009 Source: E-book purchased by reviewer Reviewer: Cindy Minnich Summary (From Goodreads): One pregnancy. Four friends. It all adds up to a profound time of change in this … Continue reading
Audiobook Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Narrator: Libba Bray Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: May 24th, 2011 Source: Audiobook borrowed from the library Reviewer: Sarah Andersen Summary (From Goodreads): The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this … Continue reading
Intro to Gender Relations: Syllabus
There has been no shortage of discussion in the news about gender relations. Stories about bullying, sexual harassment, slut-shaming, and double-standards abound. So much of adolescence is about learning to find your place in and among the groups around you … Continue reading
Summer Session 2014: Relaunching and Reimagining YA Lit 101
When we got a few messages asking us whether we would be doing YA Lit 101 again, we had to think about what we wanted to do. Last summer we spent time introducing teachers and readers to genres and discussing … Continue reading
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